The time has nearly expired and here I am with nothing to say, so how can I write. You have heard of people waiting until the last day in the afternoon and it is nearly the last afternoon of the week, "that's me".

We did not have a very cold winter and not so much snow compared with other winters but we have had a very late cold Spring; and are just beginning to have some warm days. It makes one think of house cleaning.

My husband and I are alone now that our eldest son is married and lives in Buffalo. The other son is in Buffalo also and it falls on me to be chore boy.

I have six hens and nearly every day get half a dozen eggs. How's that?

The farmers have just begun to spray their orchards; it has been so cold, only just last week we had a heavy ice store [storm?]; it lasted only a few hours.

We have not been to Nelson, since last October, so do not know much about what is going on down there. I have not driven the car so far alone but am going to try it when I am sure the Pennsylvania mud is dried up. Mother writes that the roads are terrible.¹

We are living in the same place as last year; if any of the Cousins happen to be up this way would be glad to see them.

Hoping there will be a goodly number of letters this year and that they have not all been as slow as I have been, I am